the plan is to just keep it simple because when things start to get complicated I feel my interest level drop. it’s not that I shy away from hard work, quite the contrary. it’s more the reality that I have so much that is asked and expected of me that I’m reluctant to take on [...]
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they saw me coming from a mile away
well really maybe they just knew that all this cold weather and snow would make daydreaming about next years garden an easy choice to make. . . when I lived in Portland, OR someone told me about “the Cook’s Garden” seed company which seems to specialize in delicious and unique varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs [...]
disheartened
Murphy’s law would indicate that it was only a matter of time before nature got the best of me (or worse) in regards to my garden. . . a mouse family (small colony) has moved in to my garden bed, I can see about five holes in the surface and have identified at least one [...]
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taste the rainbow
needless to say I arranged and re-arranged my most bountiful harvest to date numerous times and took a number of photographs wanting to share just how colorful it was, this was before I discovered that I had knocked the bell pepper off it it’s plan so then I had to go at it once more [...]
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raspberries
these are simply beautiful, thank you Chris, Ilayna & Sophie for sharing your harvest and thank you Taj & Aja for picking every last (so you could see) ripe berry on the vine . . . lesson learn the hard way: raspberries are very delicate and even without smooshing, shaking or bumping them around the [...]
trionfo
okay, I’m actually cheating, this isn’t in zenphoto yet but I didn’t feel like doing any configuring tonight. what I wanted to do is add something organic and beautiful, behold “trionfo violetto” an heirloom Italian pole bean that grows purple but will turn green after it’s been cooked a few minutes. . . I love [...]
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